Term vs. Trimester
Difference Between Term and Trimester
Termnoun
Limitation, restriction or regulation. en
Trimesternoun
A period of three months or about three months; quarter.
She is in the second trimester of her first pregnancy.Termnoun
Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing.Trimesternoun
One of the terms of an academic year in those learning institutions that divide their teaching in three roughly equal terms, each about three months long. Compare semester.
The school operates on a trimester schedule.Termnoun
That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
Trimesternoun
a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided
Termnoun
A point, line, or superficies that limits.
A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.Trimesternoun
one of three divisions of an academic year
Termnoun
A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
"Algorithm" is a term used in computer science.Termnoun
Relations among people.
We are on friendly terms with each other.Termnoun
Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.
Termnoun
Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.
He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison.near-term, mid-term and long-term goalsthe term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debtTermnoun
(of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
Termnoun
(archaic) A menstrual period.
Termnoun
(mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
All the terms of this sum cancel out.Termnoun
(logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
Termnoun
(astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
Termnoun
(architecture) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr.
Termnoun
(nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
Termnoun
terminal computer program that emulates a physical terminal
Termnoun
One whose employment has been terminated
Termverb
To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
Termverb
(ambitransitive) To terminate one's employment
Termadjective
Born or delivered at term.
term neonateTermnoun
a word or expression used for some particular thing;
he learned many medical termsTermnoun
a limited period of time;
a prison termhe left school before the end of termTermnoun
(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement;
the contract set out the conditions of the leasethe terms of the treaty were generousTermnoun
any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial;
the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degreeTermnoun
one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition;
the major term of a syllogism must occur twiceTermnoun
the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent;
a healthy baby born at full termTermnoun
(architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
Termverb
name formally or designate with a term
